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Cake day: June 15th, 2025

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  • missed this before i wrote my own reply. yeah john waters in general is fucking great. there’s a line early in his book ‘shock value’ that’s something like ‘to appreciate bad taste you must have extremely good taste’ and i can take some comfort in that

    edit: i dug the book out. the actual quote is ‘to understand bad taste one must have very good taste’

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  • in books, some extreme horror/splatterpunk, i think the bighead by edward lee is the strongest one i’ve read & enjoyed

    for films, i’m not that sure where the line is but i like new french extremity (martyrs, inside, irreversible) and that seems to fit the bill

    i am soft as shit irl, even boxing can be a bit strong for me. but in fiction i can enjoy artists who describe situations well beyond the normal boundaries of decency. i suppose it’s something like rollercoaster riders or bungee jumpers etc where the immediate natural repulsion is tempered by the security of not being in any actual danger, and i take some sort of satisfaction in that? who knows really. other than horror, pink flamingos is probably the most transgressive film i can think of. i still don’t think i could watch the epilogue scene without looking away



  • i suppose they’re not called tories on bikes for nothing. these are local elections so noone really gives a shit but maybe a decent show in may will build some momentum for them. i hope so because i like their housing policy overall, including ending right to buy, reintroducing rent control, increasing new build % of council housing and bringing housing back into council management where possible

    HO500 The Green Party believes in the value of public ownership under the control of elected representatives as part of mixed provision for social housing. Council housing and the secure tenure it affords is an essential form of social housing provision. National Government must ensure adequate and good quality council housing stock is retained and provided by every local authority

    i work for a council housing dept so am biased but i do really believe that a strong social housing sector is the best way to to start reducing the cost of housing & cost of living overall





  • it’s a typical free market supply n demand argument, if those pesky pc bureaucrats with their red tape fetish would all fuck off and die then the housing market would be rosy. of course it’s bollocks. and certainly it’s insensitive to say everyone dies in the context of people who’ve died. but everyone does die. i’m not interested in defending him but to get sacked for the offensiveness of that when they have lucy connolly speaking at their conference is just bizarre